3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (332+ words) A small but striking object has emerged from the soil at Roman Vindolanda, the celebrated frontier fort just south of Hadrian’s Wall in northern England. Archaeologists working at the site have uncovered a copper-alloy scabbard chape decorated with enamel, found…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (1048+ words) Archaeologists working at Shahr-i Sokhta, the Bronze Age settlement better known as Iran’s Burnt City, have discovered a new type of 4,600-year-old board game, adding an unexpected chapter to a site already famous for preserving one of the ancient world’s…...

3+ week, 11+ hour ago   (774+ words) Pieces of 1,700-year-old Chinese armor have emerged from the ground with something archaeologists would hardly expect from ancient iron: traces of a bright, silvery-white metallic shine. The discovery provides the earliest known evidence in China for tin-coated iron and, according…...

4+ week, 12+ hour ago   (644+ words) A pair of 1,500-year-old “golden shoes” found in the grave of an elite woman in western Kazakhstan is offering a striking glimpse into the wealth, craftsmanship and long-distance connections of communities living along the Caspian Sea during the post-Hunnic period....